Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease with and without bowel urgency
| UC | CD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 120) | With BU (n = 33) | Without BU (n = 87) | p value (test) | Total (n = 114) | With BU (n = 20) | Without BU (n = 94) | p value (test) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 40.6 (13.3) | 45.0 (14.4) | 38.9 (12.6) | 0.03 (TT) | 37.5 (12.2) | 38.9 (15.3) | 37.2 (11.6) | 0.58 (TT) |
| Sex, n (%) | 1 (FE) | 0.80 (FE) | ||||||
| Male | 74 (61.7) | 20 (60.6) | 54 (62.1) | 72 (63.2) | 12 (60.0) | 60 (63.8) | ||
| Female | 46 (38.3) | 13 (39.4) | 33 (37.9) | 42 (36.8) | 8 (40.0) | 34 (36.2) | ||
| Body mass index, mean (SD) | 21.1 (2.9) | 21.0 (4.0) | 21.1 (2.4) | 0.87 (TT) | 20.6 (2.6) | 20.8 (3.0) | 20.6 (2.5) | 0.68 (TT) |
| Smoking status, n (%) | 0.83 (FE) | 0.96 (FE) | ||||||
| n | 81 | 22 | 59 | 83 | 13 | 70 | ||
| Current smoker | 12 (14.8) | 3 (13.6) | 9 (15.3) | 8 (9.6) | 1 (7.7) | 7 (10.0) | ||
| Ex-smoker | 23 (28.4) | 5 (22.7) | 18 (30.5) | 18 (21.7) | 3 (23.1) | 15 (21.4) | ||
| Never smoked | 46 (56.8) | 14 (63.6) | 32 (54.2) | 57 (68.7) | 9 (69.2) | 48 (68.6) | ||
| Employment status, n (%) | 0.99 (FE) | 0.71 (FE) | ||||||
| n | 115 | 33 | 82 | 105 | 19 | 86 | ||
| Working full time | 70 (60.9) | 20 (60.6) | 50 (61.0) | 66 (62.9) | 11 (57.9) | 55 (64.0) | ||
| Working part time | 14 (12.2) | 4 (12.1) | 10 (12.2) | 9 (8.6) | 2 (10.5) | 7 (8.1) | ||
| On long-term sick leave | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Homemaker | 17 (14.8) | 6 (18.2) | 11 (13.4) | 17 (16.2) | 5 (26.3) | 12 (14.0) | ||
| Student | 7 (6.1) | 2 (6.1) | 5 (6.1) | 8 (7.6) | 1 (5.3) | 7 (8.1) | ||
| Retired | 5 (4.3) | 1 (3.0) | 4 (4.9) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | ||
| Unemployed | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 4 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.7) | ||
| Prevalence of concomitant conditions, n (%) | ||||||||
| Irritable bowel syndrome | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1.0 (FE) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1.0 (FE) |
UC ulcerative colitis, CD Crohn’s disease, BU bowel urgency, FE Fisher’s exact test, SD standard deviation, TT t-test
All data in the table are physician reported with the exception of patient-reported bowel urgency status